Rail-tie-spacing device.



S. H. YOUNG.

RAIL TIE SPAGING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1, 1914.

1,103,726. I Patented July 14,1914.

SAMUEL H. YOUNG, or DURDEN, GEORGIA.

RAIL-TIE-SPACING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 14,1914.

Application'filed May 1, 1914. Serial No. 835,697. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, SAMUEL H. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Durden, (five miles east of Quitmarn) in the county ofBrooks and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Tie-Spacing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements when under the railsand has for its primary object to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice that is to be clamped to a rail and cooperate with a jack so thatthe ties may be easily spaced.

An object of importance is to provide a rail clamping device tocooperate with a jack, that is adjustable to be clamped upon rails ofvarious sizes and when clamped is comparatively rigid so that the headof a jack may be placed against the same and the base of the jackagainst the adjacent tie so that upon the operation of the jack the tieis spaced relative to the rail and the clamp prevented slipping on therail.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed that is simple as to construction, reliable and eflicient inoperation and inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the followingspecification and then more particularly pointed out as claimed.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferredembodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughoutthe several views of which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view showing myimproved device as it would appear when in use and employed inconnection with a jack, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken onthe plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of theclamping jaw.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference and particularly toFig. 1, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety a clamp of my improvedconstruction that is secured to a rail 2 so as to extend outwardly atright angles thereto, and 3 the cross tie.

1 designates a jack of the usual construction that is arranged with itsbase engaging in devices for spacing rail ties the adjacent tie 3 andits head engaging the side of the clamp 1. It will be readily seen thatby operation of the jack 4: the tie 3 will be spaced or moved relativeto the rail, as desired. i

My improved device-comprises a frame 5 that consists of an approximatelyrectangular plate 6 having a right angularly extend ing jaw 7 formedintegral at one end and a right angular flange 8 at the other end whichextends outwardly from the plate 6 in the same direction as the jaw 7Cooperating withthe jaw 7 is a slidable rectangular jaw 9 that isprovided upon its outer end with a hard metal jaw face 10 withserrations 11 thereon that are inclined oppositely so that a secure gripupon the rail 2 is provided.

. This jaw face '10 is preferably welded to the The plate 6 is providedapproximately centrally of its ends with spaced longitudinal slots 12through which bolts 13 are inserted. The bolts 13 are turned throughscrew threaded openings 1 1 in the jaw 9 and are arranged normally toextend considerably beyond the outer face of the jaw 9.

The bolts 13 are provided'with square heads 15 to enable adjustmentthereof and so that the jaw 9 may be moved to and away from the plate 6to accommodate rails of diff-erent sizes. An elongated washer plate 16is interposed between the heads 15 and outer face of the plate 6 so thatdirt or otherforeign matter is prevented getting into the longitudinalslots 12.

As a means to adjust the jaw 9 longitudinally with relation to the plate6, I provide an adjusting screw 17 provided with an angular face head 18and mounted in a threaded opening 19 in the flange 8 with its inner enddisposed in engagement with the adjacent end of the jaw 9. By turningthe adjusting screw 7 it will be readily seen that the jaw 9 will bemoved into clamping position.

In operation the device is placed so that the jaws 7 and 9 clampopposite sides of a rail and the device is extended at right angles tothe rail as shown in Fig. 1. The jaw 9 is adjusted by means of the bolts13 so as to be in the proper position relative to the jaw 7, inaccordance with the size of the rail to be clamped. By turning theadjust- 11 or teeth on the jaw face relative to the rail when the 10 inbeing arranged in difi'erent angular positions prevent the device fromslipping jack 4 is operated on either side of the device.

In practice, I have found that'the form of my invention, illustrated inthe drawings and referred to in the above description as the preferredembodiment, is thecmost efii- 1. A tie spacing device in combination Qwith a jack, having its face disposed in engagement with one side of atie of means-to clamp the rail to extend outwardly at right anglestheretoand form an abutment forthe f head of the jack comprismg a baseplate, a

jaw at one .end of the base plate and relatively stationary, a jawslidable on the base plate, means to slidably support the jaw, and meansto slide the jaw into clamping position, said jaws arranged to clampopposite sides of the rail. 7

2. A device of the character described comprising a base plate, arightangularly extending jaw formed integral with one end of the baseplate, a right angularly extend- 'ing flange formed at the other end ofthe base plate, said base plate being provided with longitudinal slots,a slidable jaw, bolts gslidable in the slots and adjustably con-.

fnected witha slidable jaw to support said slidable jaw with relation tothe base plate, lin different adjusted positions, and an adjusting screwmountedin saidfiange'and at one end engaging the slidable jaw.

in presence oftwo witnesses.

SAMUEL H. YOUNG.

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